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Germany’s Child Survivor Fund for Holocaust victims “exempt from inheritance tax” (22 December 2015)
The Treasury has announced that child victims of the Holocaust will be exempt from inheritance tax on compensation payouts from the Child Survivor Fund for the WWII atrocities they survived. Read more...
Gateshead Council awarded £96,500 to tackle domestic violence (21 December 2015)
Gateshead Council has been awarded a share of £3.5 million in funding to tackle domestic violence. Read more...
710 new beds for domestic violence victims, after government allocates £3.5m funding across England (15 December 2015)
The government has announced the 46 local authorities which placed successful bids for a share of £3.5 million to support domestic abuse victims. Read more...
Leicester and Rutland launch centralised domestic and sexual violence support service (14 December 2015)
A new domestic and sexual violence support service has been launched in Rutland – enabling victims of domestic abuse in Leicestershire and Rutland to obtain help from a single joint service with one contact number. Read more...
Government announces consultation on protection order for victims of stalking, domestic abuse and violence (7 December 2015)
The government has announced a consultation on further measures to protect victims of stalking, domestic abuse and violence. Read more...
Leeds City Council asks residents to “get comfortable” talking about domestic violence (2 December 2015)
A new campaign organised by Leeds City Council encourages people across Leeds to get comfortable talking about domestic violence and abuse, in order to help more victims and their families seek the support they need. Read more...
North Lincolnshire Council continues White Ribbon campaign to prevent domestic violence (30 November 2015)
North Lincolnshire Council has again joined forces with Humberside Police and Scunthorpe United Football Club this year, to help put a stop to violence against women. Read more...
Barnet Council supports International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November 2015)
Barnet Council is supporting White Ribbon Week to raise awareness of and eliminate violence against women. Read more...
IFS report ahead of Autumn Statement reveals how government tax and benefit changes may affect families (23 November 2015)
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has published comprehensive analysis of the impact of the government’s current tax and benefit plans – and the National Living Wage – on household incomes and financial work incentives. Read more...
Welsh Government launches next phase of domestic violence campaign targeted at young adults (16 November 2015)
The Welsh Government has launched the next phase of its Live Fear Free campaign, which focuses on the themes of consent and control in young people’s relationships. Read more...
Life sentence for man who arranged revenge acid attack on ex-partner (26 October 2015)
A man who carried out a revenge attack on his former partner by arranging for acid to be thrown over her has been sentenced to life imprisonment at Ipswich Crown Court. Read more...
Supreme Court ruling may mean divorce settlement cases can be re-opened (15 October 2015)
The Supreme Court has ruled in two cases in which ex-wives challenged their divorce settlements, after claiming that their husbands had concealed assets during the divorce hearing. Read more...
Directorship disqualification for false accounting and false VAT returns (6 October 2015)
The director of a central London restaurant has been disqualified from acting as a director for ten years, after submitting false VAT returns, failing to keep records and filing incorrect accounts. Read more...
Working grandparents win right to shared parental leave and pay (6 October 2015)
Chancellor George Osborne has announced that shared parental leave and pay will be extended to working grandparents. Read more...
Hampshire announces first two new homes for domestic abuse survivors, after winning government funding (28 September 2015)
Hart District Council in Hampshire has announced that the first two homes for victims of domestic abuse have been secured through a new countywide scheme. Read more...
College of Policing issues new guidance on prosecuting domestic violence cases (23 September 2015)
Police forces in England and Wales have been issued with new guidance to enable the police to prosecute cases of domestic violence without the need for a victim to testify. Read more...
Whole government has role to play in tackling domestic violence, says Minister (21 September 2015)
The Minister for Preventing Abuse and Exploitation, Karen Bradley, has told the Domestic Abuse Summit in London that the whole government “has a key role to play in ending violence against women”. Read more...
Mother detained in Turkey arrested at Luton Airport on suspicion of international child abduction (4 September 2015)
A mother from Waltham Forest in east London who went missing with her four children and sparked an international manhunt has been arrested on her arrival back in the UK. Read more...
Possible jail sentence for angry ex who uploaded revenge porn (28 August 2015)
A 52-year-old man from Catford in southeast London may face jail after he uploaded revenge porn images of his ex online and invited her friends to view them. Read more...
Court hears how “jealous and controlling” ex-boyfriend paid others to disfigure woman who dumped him (24 August 2015)
Jurors at Ipswich Crown Court have heard how a beautician has been left permanently scarred and also lost an ear after her jilted boyfriend organised two attacks on her in revenge. Read more...
Property tycoon “heading for one of UK’s largest divorce settlements” (20 August 2015)
A property tycoon worth an estimated £200 million is facing one of the UK’s largest divorce payouts, after separating from his wife of 18 years. Read more...
Manchester mother who abducted sons five years ago arrested and charged in Canada (17 August 2015)
A mother who abducted her two sons and threatened to take them back to her home country of Somalia five years ago has been arrested in Canada. Read more...
Biochemist turned bigamist spared jail (10 August 2015)
A court has spared a leading biochemist jail, after he was found guilty of committing bigamy. Read more...
25-month jail sentence for domestic abuser judge called “cowardly, violent, manipulative and abusive” (10 August 2015)
A man who carried out violent attacks on his partner and sent her letters when he was in jail which made her feel “there was no escaping him” has been jailed at Bristol Crown Court. Read more...
Ex-husband on trial for alleged revenge porn threat in child maintenance dispute (6 August 2015)
A court has heard how a divorced man threatened to publicly embarrass his ex-wife and ruin her employment chances by making public revenge porn after a dispute over child maintenance payments. Read more...
Millionaire’s ex-wife jailed, after defying court order to leave her home (3 August 2015)
A millionaire’s ex-wife has been jailed, after she defied a court order to leave her home so that it could be sold as part of a clean break divorce settlement. Read more...
New “dispute resolution” family court for London (29 July 2015)
The designated family judge for London, His Honour Judge John Altman, has set up a new family court in London, which aims to bring alternative dispute resolution to the courts. Read more...
Local councils failing care leavers, MPs are told (20 July 2015)
The chair of the Commons Public Accounts Committee, Meg Hillier, has said that England^s local authorities are “turning their backs” on young people leaving their care. Read more...
Daughter who missed out on inheritance takes Barclays’ to court over will-writing services (16 July 2015)
Barclays is facing legal action over its will writing services, after a woman alleged that her later father was not advised by the bank that he had to serve a notice of severance for her to be able to inherit 50% of the property he left upon his death. Read more...
Multimillion-pound divorce case may return to Supreme Court for second time (16 July 2015)
An oil trader may be jailed for four weeks unless he pays his ex-wife £360,200 in maintenance, the High Court has ruled. Read more...
Ex-wife wins all of husband’s assets at Court of Appeal, after he “washes hands” of first family (14 July 2015)
The Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling that an anaesthetist who abandoned his wife and children in 2011 and moved to Bahrain should pay his entire assets of £550,000 to his ex-wife to safeguard the future of their children. Read more...
£3.2m extra government funding for domestic violence services (13 July 2015)
The government’s emergency Budget includes an additional £3.2 million to support the victims of domestic violence and abuse, which will boost the provision of services – including more funding for refuges for victims of domestic abuse. Read more...
Rise in violent crimes against elderly “maybe result of domestic violence reporting” (13 July 2015)
A Channel 4 Dispatches investigation has revealed that violent crime against the elderly has risen by 75% over the last five years, with 14,000 attacks on the elderly reported to the police in 2014. Read more...
Legal aid evidence sell-by date for domestic abuse victims scrapped (8 July 2015)
Lobbying by the Law Society has resulted in the sell-by date for evidence from domestic abuse victims has been scrapped. Read more...
Police force dismisses officer who harassed former partner (6 July 2015)
A police officer who harassed his former lover and sent her protected police information has been dismissed from the police force. Read more...
Northumbria Police pilot GPS domestic violence tagging system (2 July 2015)
A GPS tracking system to protect victims of domestic violence from further attacks is being piloted by Northumbria Police. Read more...
Judge tells divorcing couple to stop putting their children “through hell” (2 July 2015)
A judge has told a British couple fighting each other in the divorce courts to end their dispute for the sake of their “long suffering” children. Read more...
Daughter of imam cleared of murdering ex-boyfriend over revenge porn threats (25 June 2015)
The daughter of an imam has been cleared of murdering her ex-boyfriend, who had tried to blackmail her with revenge porn. Read more...
More than 600 new FGM cases identified in West Midlands in less than a year (25 June 2015)
A report from the West Midlands Police and Crime Panel has revealed that more than 600 new victims of female genital mutilation (FGM) have been identified in seven months in the West Midlands. Read more...
Daughter who “abandoned” elderly father to go on holiday challenges will at High Court (25 June 2015)
A woman who left her elderly father alone to go on holiday to Tenerife is challenging his will in the High Court, after he left his house to her sister. Read more...
15 years for woman who stamped husband to death over cigarette (22 June 2015)
A 61-year-old woman who stamped her husband to death over a row about cigarettes has been convicted of murder and jailed for a minimum of 15 years. Read more...
Child protection officers investigating a new report of child abuse linked to “sexting” every day (15 June 2015)
Child protection officers are investigating at least one new case of child abuse a day as a result of the craze of “sexting” among very young teenagers. Read more...
16-year jail sentence for forced marriage in first ever prosecution (12 June 2015)
A 34-year-old man from Cardiff in South Wales has become the first person to be prosecuted under laws banning forced marriage, which were introduced in the UK in 2014. Read more...
Divorcing couple settle after judge warns court costs could double (11 June 2015)
A property developer has agreed to pay his ex-wife £1.6 million, after a judge warned him that costs would “probably double” if they continued their divorce battle in court. Read more...
High Court judge says newly-arrived immigrant families should not be penalised for smacking their children (10 June 2015)
A judge in the Family Division has said that parents from immigrant families should be allowed to slap their children when they first arrive in the UK, adding that, “Proper allowance must be made for... a different cultural context”. Read more...
£3.3m for ex-wife who took lawyer husband to court over settlement (8 June 2015)
The ex-wife of a wealth US lawyer has won a £3.3 million share of his £6m fortune after a long court battle. Read more...
New dads “too scared” to ask their boss for paternity leave (28 May 2015)
New research shows that most new fathers are “too scared” to ask their bosses for more paternity leave under the government’s shared parenting scheme. Read more...
Children taken into care after decomposing body is found at grandparents’ home where they played (19 May 2015)
A mother of two young children from Knowle on Merseyside has pleaded guilty to neglect, after she allowed her children to play at their grandparents’ home where the body of the children’s uncle was later found decomposing n an upstairs room. Read more...
Family Division judge tells wealthy couple to settle £1m divorce dispute “round a negotiation table” (15 May 2015)
A High Court judge has told a former beauty queen and her ex-husband to stop dragging their “unedifying” dispute through the courts. Read more...
Suspended sentence for man who headbutted partner in domestic violence attack (13 May 2015)
A 35-year-old man from Newport in South Wales has pleaded guilty to one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, after he headbutted his partner when she returned home from a night out without him. Read more...
Grandparents’ £30,000 court battle to keep grandchildren in UK with family (12 May 2015)
The grandparents of two girls aged six and two taken to live in Australia by their Brazilian mother have spoken about how they lost a court battle to keep their grandchildren living in the UK, so they and the girls’ father would not lose contact with the them. Read more...
59-year-old woman fights for right to become pregnant with deceased daughter’s IVF embryos (11 May 2015)
An unnamed mother and her husband have launched a legal battle in the Family Division of the High Court to enable her to become pregnant with an embryo which was taken from her daughter, then fertilised and frozen before she died from cancer. Read more...
Man jailed for breaching restraining order and subjecting former partner to campaign of intimidation (8 May 2015)
A man has been jailed for breaching a restraining order, after he moved garden ornaments round his former partner’s garden at night and left bunches of roses on her car. Read more...
Court jails “serial offender” for domestic violence against two partners (7 May 2015)
A man referred to in court as a “serious serial offender” against women has been jailed after magistrates had previously given him a chance to reform. Read more...
New report calls for Court of Protection to be opened up (1 May 2015)
A new report by Cardiff University’s School of Law has recommended that the Court of Protection be opened up and placed under public scrutiny. Read more...
One in seven spouses “searches social media for evidence of partner’s adultery” (1 May 2015)
New research has shown that social media websites are behind one in seven people considering ending their marriage because of online posts by their spouse. Read more...
Domestic violence victim forced to leave hospital to defend herself in court, brands Family Division “archaic and out-of-touch” (27 April 2015)
A woman who was brutally stabbed by her boyfriend as she slept is calling for the government to take a close look at reforming the UK’s family courts, after she was forced to leave her hospital bed to represent herself in court following the attack – and went on to spend £14,000 on legal action against her attacker, which she eventually won. Read more...
Ex-wife of gambler goes to court to increase divorce settlement four years after his death (24 April 2015)
The former wife of a gambler who died four years’ ago has returned to the High Court to increase her divorce settlement from £750,000 to £1 million. Read more...
Divorce costs right up to retirement and beyond, survey finds (20 April 2015)
Research by insurer Prudential has found that divorce can cut retirement income by £2,100 annually. Read more...
Law Commission review into marriage reform underway (13 April 2015)
The government’s review of marriage is underway, with the Law Commission conducting a review of how people can marry in England and Wales and where they can marry. Read more...
Wife wins right to challenge £10m divorce settlement, after husband fails to fully disclose assets (13 April 2015)
A divorcee who had already agreed a £10m divorce settlement will now try and claim more of her ex-husband’s fortune, after the Court of Appeal agreed that he had lied about his financial assets. Read more...
Son who attacked 92-year-old mother in domestic violence attack avoids jail (8 April 2015)
A chartered surveyor who “lost his rag” and launched a vicious assault on his frail 92-year-old mother has been spared jail, the Daily Mail reports. Read more...
“UK should prosecute more FGM cases” (7 April 2015)
A leading lawyer who specialises in cases involving female genital mutilation (FGM) has accused the UK of falling behind other European countries in efforts to eradicate the practice of FGM. Read more...
Former Appeal Court judge says cuts to Legal Aid may result in “serious miscarriages of justice” (31 March 2015)
A former leading judge has told BBC1’s Panorama programme that he fears the government’s cuts to Legal Aid may lead to “dire consequences”, involving serious miscarriages of justice for people who have to represent themselves in court because they cannot afford a solicitor or barrister. Read more...
Husband calls for more awareness of domestic abuse towards men, after former wife is jailed (25 March 2015)
A former special constable from Peterborough has been jailed after she poured scalding water over her husband after he had asked for a divorce. Read more...
£100,000 damages for husband whose wife conceived IVF baby with former boyfriend (23 March 2015)
A man whose businesswoman wife knowingly conceived a child at an IVF clinic using another man’s sperm has been awarded £100,000 in damages, after a judge ruled he had been deceived into thinking the child was his. Read more...
Man who attacked wife and left her to die changes plea to guilty before trial (20 March 2015)
A man who attacked his wife and left her to die on the kitchen floor while he went to work has confessed to the killing. Read more...
Lesbian who attacked female friend spared jail after breaching restraining order (16 March 2015)
A lesbian who trapped a female friend in her home and sexually assaulted her has been spared jail, despite breaching a restraining order by text messaging her victim. Read more...
Ex-wife of eco tycoon can claim against fortune he acquired after their divorce (12 March 2015)
The Supreme Court has ruled that the ex-wife of a green energy tycoon who divorced him 23 years ago is entitled to claim from the fortune he acquired after their divorce. Read more...
Mother and her partner plead guilty to child neglect (5 March 2015)
The mother of a neglected five-year-old boy and her partner are due to be sentenced at Leeds Crown Court in April after pleading guilty to child cruelty. Read more...
Mother tells Channel 5 of catalogue of domestic abuse – from own children (3 March 2015)
A mother from Southampton has told a Channel 5 programme how she used to lock herself in her bedroom to avoid an onslaught of violence from her own children when they returned home from school. Read more...
London bid to become leading centre for Sharia-compliant finance (26 February 2015)
The UK’s under secretary of state at the Foreign Office, Tobias Ellwood, has told The Telegraph^s Middle East Congress that London is bidding to become a leading centre for Sharia law-compliant finance. Read more...
Parents appeal £1.3m settlement to daughter, after family dispute over farm (26 February 2015)
A woman who worked on her parents’ farm free-of-charge for years in the belief she would inherit it has been awarded £1.3 million after taking legal action against her mother and father for her rightful share of the farm Read more...
Care Act may force more elderly people into care homes, says healthcare consultant (25 February 2015)
Healthcare consultants Pinders are warning that the Care Act – which comes into force in April – could send the cost of caring for the elderly rocketing and force many older people out of their own homes and into care homes as a result. Read more...
DWP tells family of disabled girl to claim DLA from Germany (24 February 2015)
The family of a profoundly disabled girl who requires 24/7 care have been told she is not entitled to care and disability benefits in the UK because her father works in Germany. Read more...
Government must provide more information about mediation in family cases (24 February 2015)
Leading charity National Family Mediation (NFM) has called on the government to shoulder more responsibility for the lack of information about alternative approaches to settling family disputes. Read more...
Baby girl dies after parents accept doctors’ decision to withdraw treatment (23 February 2015)
A baby girl with an aggressive adrenal tumour who was at the centre of a court battle has died after her parents agreed to doctors withdrawing treatment. Read more...
Mother brutally attacked by jealous ex-fiancé forced to write to him in jail by the court (16 February 2015)
A mother who had her throat cut by her brutal ex-partner has been warned by a judge that she could face imprisonment if she does not write to him in jail and update him about their children. Read more...
Charity calls for more domestic violence support for women in Wales (16 February 2015)
Charity Welsh Women’s Aid has said there has been a 20% increase in the amount of support given to women who are victims of domestic abuse in Wales. Read more...
Women “disadvantaged” by JSA criteria (9 February 2015)
An independent inquiry coordinated by the Fawcett Society has found that some women are disadvantaged by Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) criteria – especially lone parents, women who are victims of domestic violence and women who have English language difficulties. Read more...
Spurned husband who attacked wife at work denies attempted murder (9 February 2015)
A man who tried to strangle his wife at work has denied and attempted murder charge art Newport Crown Court in South Wales. Read more...
MPs vote in favour of technique to create babies from two embryos (4 February 2015)
A woman who lost seven babies to mitochondrial disease had said she is “overwhelmed” by the decision of MPs to allow the creation of babies with DNA from three individuals instead of two parents. Read more...
Birmingham company pioneers app to help those with early-stage dementia (3 February 2015)
A Birmingham start-up is developing a mobile app to help people in the early stages of dementia who are experiencing loss of memory. Read more...
New CPS guidelines on rape state consent has to be proved (29 January 2015)
New CPS guidelines on rape state consent has to be provedTougher rules for investigating rape cases include men accused of rape having to prove that their victim agreed to having sexual activity with them. Read more...
Father jailed for 11 years for GBH with intent on infant son (28 January 2015)
A father from the Wirral on Merseyside has been jailed for 11 years, after being convicted of violently shaking his baby son. Read more...
More than 1,000 disclosures about violent partners under Clare’s Law (27 January 2015)
Police figures obtained by the Press Association under Freedom of Information requests have revealed that so far at least 1,335 disclosures under the domestic violence law Clare’s Law have been made to help protect women from violent partners. Read more...
Suffolk town earmarked as new regional divorce centre (19 January 2015)
Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk could become one of the Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ) new regional divorce centres, after being earmarked as a new divorce centre for London and the southeast. Read more...
Use Legal Aid-funded mediation, Justice Minister urges divorcing couples (15 January 2015)
The Family Justice Minister Simon Hughes has appealed to divorcing couples to use Legal Aid-funded mediation rather than resorting to legal action in contested divorce cases. Read more...
One in five families in UK “single parent households” (12 January 2015)
New figures from EU data agency Eurostat based on the 2011 Census show that the UK has the highest number of single-parent families out of Western European countries, with one in five families now headed up by a lone parent. Read more...
Senior family judge calls for tax breaks to help prevent divorce (12 January 2015)
Senior judge and chairman of the Marriage Foundation think tank Sir Paul Coleridge has suggested that married couples who stay together should receive tax breaks for saving the taxpayer money on expensive divorce proceedings. Read more...
DWP pilots men-only parenting classes (5 January 2015)
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is piloting parenting classes specifically for fathers in six areas of the UK where there is a high incidence of single parent families. Read more...
Monday 5 January is “divorce day”, say family lawyers (5 January 2015)
Monday, 5 January has this year been nicknamed “Divorce Day”, after divorce lawyers saw a spike in the number of enquiries about divorce before and over the festive season. Read more...
Couples under pressure at Christmas “may divorce in New Year” (2 January 2015)
Relationship and marriage counselling service Relate has said that the stress of the festive season and pressures of debt lead to many couples deciding to separate once the festivities are over. Read more...